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JAPAN
Jun 19, 2018

Different disaster, same story: Osaka quake prompts online hate speech targeting foreigners

Monday's deadly quake in Osaka Prefecture has led to the resurgence of what has become a familiar — if disconcerting — post-disaster trend on the internet: a slew of hate speech-driven tweets warning of "crimes" committed by foreign residents.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2018

Residents voice fear amid chaos of Osaka quake

Sushi chef Soshu Yoshiyama got a rude awakening at 7:58 a.m. Monday when his home in the town of Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, was buffeted by strong, vertical jolts the likes of which he had never experienced before.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 18, 2018

New Japanese citizen Nick Fazekas hoping to make immediate impact for Akatsuki Five

Nick Fazekas could be a difference-maker for the Akatsuki Five, who are desperate for a win in the FIBA World Cup Asian qualifiers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2018

Japan Display looks to road ahead with automotive displays

Japan Display Inc. has been on a rough road for the past four business years, during which the Tokyo-based display manufacturing giant has faced an uphill battle in smartphone panel markets and ended each year with a net loss.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 18, 2018

Japan's criminal justice reforms aim to enhance transparency of interrogations — are they working?

The National Police Agency said in early June that interrogations of crime suspects were fully recorded in 81.9 percent of all the 3,197 cases tried by lay judges in fiscal 2017, up from 72.8 percent the year before.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2018

Latest poll shows Turnbull's popularity has risen, but party still trailing opposition

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's personal popularity is at its highest level in two years, an opinion poll showed Monday, but his government still trails the opposition a month before crucial by-elections.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 18, 2018

Brazil held to draw by Switzerland at World Cup

APBrazil joined the list of big teams struggling to win their opening matches at the World Cup in Russia.
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2018

China seen flexing loan muscle as it pushes further into Pacific

In the gritty, steamy streets of Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby, signs of China's push into the Pacific island nation are inescapable.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jun 16, 2018

Haruka Kuroda: Taking advantage of stereotypes

Best-known for her role voicing Noodle in Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's virtual band Gorillaz, Haruka Kuroda has been working in the British entertainment industry for nearly two decades.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 16, 2018

Rising star Rui Hachimura makes impressive debut for Japan men's national team

Fast, strong, big, smooth, phenom, hope, slam dunker, highlight film.
EDITORIALS
Jun 16, 2018

Partisan electoral system reform

The LDP's latest proposal for narrowing the vote-disparity gap prioritizes its own interests.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 15, 2018

Japanese bond investors ponder a future SoftBank without Masayoshi Son

Masayoshi Son is fond of talking about his 300-year vision for SoftBank Group Corp., but some Japanese bond investors are already pondering an earlier event — what will the technology giant be like without its founder?
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jun 15, 2018

Abe-led panel adopts new visa plan to accept 500,000 low-skilled laborers by 2025

Japan has long officially banned the entry of unskilled foreign workers despite its rapidly shrinking working-age population.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Jun 15, 2018

Disaster-hit Fukushima struggles to secure forest industry workers but efforts slowly bearing fruit

In a mountainous area in Fukushima Prefecture, junior high school students saw at trees as professional forest workers give them instructions and pointers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jun 15, 2018

Huawei-Samsung Electronics patent case shows Chinese courts' rising clout

A smartphone patent fight between Huawei Technologies and Samsung Electronics could reach a global resolution through a ruling by a Chinese court, a development that reflects the growing attractiveness of China as a quick and effective forum for intellectual property disputes.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 15, 2018

Indigenous Taiwanese, seeking rights to ancestral lands, set up camp in Taipei city park

Taipei's Peace Memorial Park is an oasis of calm in the bustling city, home to morning walkers and lunchtime strollers — along with a camp of indigenous protesters demanding justice.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 15, 2018

NY court nixes Trump appeal in 'Apprentice' contestant's lawsuit

New York state's highest court on Thursday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's latest bid to avoid potentially having to answer questions under oath in a defamation lawsuit by a former contestant on his television show "The Apprentice."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 14, 2018

Many of Japan's growing number of singles claim they are comfortable facing death alone

In graying Japan, where a rising number of people are living alone, being single doesn't necessarily equate to being lonely.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jun 14, 2018

Niigata re-signs sharpshooter Davante Gardner; NeoPhoenix icon Masahiro Oguchi calls it quits

Davante Gardner is staying put with the Niigata Albirex BB.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 13, 2018

China's massive 'magic island-maker' dredging vessel completes sea trials

China's most advanced dredging vessel — which it calls "a magic island-maker" — returned to a shipyard in Qidong, in eastern Jiangsu province on Tuesday after completing its first sea trial, state-run media said Wednesday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 13, 2018

'Shoplifters': Kore-eda's Palme d'Or winner is an eloquent look at the human condition

When a Japanese director wins the Palme d'Or — the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival, the film world's equivalent of soccer's World Cup — the response of the local media is to celebrate: Our side won.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 13, 2018

Malaysia's top two judges resign as new government purges top officials

Malaysia's two most senior judges have resigned from their posts, as Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's government purges top officials seen as close to the previous administration.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jun 13, 2018

Trump calls Robert De Niro 'very low IQ individual' after Tony Awards outburst

Donald Trump on Tuesday hit back at Robert De Niro, calling him a "very low IQ individual," after the Oscar-winning actor's expletive-laden attack on the American president on live television.

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